Table 4

Multivariable model for well-being and nutrition in primary school children (n=1253)

Variable type	Variable	Coefficient	Lower 95% CI	Upper 95% CI	P value*
Nutrition	Fruit and veg intake
	None (ref)	–	–	–	–
	1 or 2	−0.070	−1.742	1.602	0.934
	3 or 4	1.190	−0.482	2.862	0.163
	5 or more	0.960	−0.730	2.651	0.265
	Breakfast
	Conventional (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Snack	−5.504	−8.402	−2.605	<0.001
	Something else	0.998	−2.745	4.741	0.601
	Just a drink	−2.671	−5.164	−0.178	0.036
	Nothing to eat or drink	−3.616	−5.278	−1.954	<0.001
	Lunch
	Packed lunch (ref)	–	–	–	–
	School food	−1.272	−2.245	−0.299	0.010
	Takeaway or shop	−2.814	−6.662	1.034	0.152
	Went home for lunch	1.844	−2.000	5.689	0.347
	Did not have any lunch	−6.084	−10.444	−1.725	0.006
	Free school meals
	No (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Don't know	−0.488	−1.916	0.940	0.503
	Yes	1.627	0.176	3.078	0.028
	Weight satisfaction
	I am happy (ref)	–	–	–	–
	I would like to lose weight	−2.590	−3.548	−1.632	<0.001
	I would like to put on weight	−3.262	−5.694	−0.831	0.009
Demographic	Age group
	8 or 9 years (ref)	–	–	–	–
	10 years	−0.013	−0.953	0.926	0.978
	11 years	−1.059	−2.641	0.523	0.189
	Gender
	Female (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Male	2.144	1.272	3.016	<0.001
	Other description	−2.827	−6.008	0.355	0.082
	Don't want to say	0.531	−1.660	2.722	0.635
	Ethnic group
	White (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Black	−5.492	−8.828	−2.155	0.001
	Asian	−1.643	−5.070	1.784	0.347
	Chinese	−1.177	−5.963	3.610	0.630
	Mixed or other background	−2.442	−5.297	0.413	0.094
	Don't want to say	−1.844	−4.044	0.356	0.100
Health	Disability/long-term illness
	No (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Not sure	−1.809	−3.059	−0.559	0.005
	Yes	−0.502	−1.665	0.661	0.397
	Don't want to say	0.644	−1.634	2.922	0.579
Living situation	Parental living situation
	Mum and dad (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Mainly or only one parent	−0.876	−2.152	0.400	0.178
	Mum and dad shared	−0.016	−1.583	1.552	0.984
	Parent+step-parent/partner	−0.455	−1.950	1.040	0.551
	Same sex parents	−3.697	−14.117	6.723	0.487
	Other relatives	3.034	−0.406	6.474	0.084
	Other	6.651	−4.078	17.379	0.224
	Parent smokes
	No (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Yes	−1.520	−2.490	−0.551	0.002
	Own bed
	Yes (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Not sure	−3.353	−8.297	1.590	0.184
	No	−3.515	0.764	6.266	0.012
	Don't want to say	−2.312	−9.102	4.477	0.504
Adverse experience	Been bullied
	No (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Yes, a little	−3.754	−4.715	−2.793	<0.001
	Yes, a lot	−7.106	−8.646	−5.567	<0.001
	Bullied others
	No (ref)	–	–	–	–
	Don't know	−0.001	−0.920	0.918	0.998
	Yes	0.978	−0.786	2.742	0.277

*P values are versus the indicated reference group according to ANCOVA.
ANCOVA, analysis of covariance.